Category Archives: Membership

Spring Newsletter Issued

Our Spring Nesletter has been issued and this includes details of our Summer 2024 outings. We have an interesting programme of events which should be enjoyable – here’s hoping we get a bit of sunshine!

The events include:

  • Groobarb’s Wild Farm – Friday, 21st June
  • Ken Black’s Garden, Adswood – Friday, 28th June
  • Thenford – Thursday, 18th July 2024
  • Goldstone Hall & Sambrook Manor – Tuesday, 20th August

October Study Day

Details of our speakers for the October Study Day have been announced.

Our next Study Day is on 27th October at Reaseheath College.

Our lectures will be “’Making the most of your Garden” by Christine Walkden in the morning and in the afternoon, “Breathing New Life into Old Walls – restoring the walled kitchen garden at Haigh Hall” by Sylvia Travers.

More details are available in our Autumn Newsletter which is now available.

Study Day – Friday, 19th February 2021

Our next study day will be on Friday, 19th February via Zoom. Our lectures are are:

  • “A Quick Introduction to the Social History of Gardens” by Advolly Richmond, Garden, Landscape & Social Historian
  • “The Evolution of Cholmondeley Castle Gardens” by Barry Grain, Head Gardener at Cholmondeley Castle

This promises to be an interesting day – read a bit more about our speakers on the “Events at Reaseheath” page.

Spring 2020 Newsletter

First of all, we hope you and your families are keeping safe and well during these very challenging and worrying times.

For some light relief, why not take a look at our Spring 2020 Newsletter – see the Newsletters page. It contains reports from the October Study Day and details of our Summer Visits for 2020.

We currently have two visits planned for the Summer, though these might be subject to change or cancellation:

  • A coach trip to RHS Harlow Carr – Tuesday 14th July 2020
  • A coach trip/self-drive trip to two gardens: Wildegoose Nursery and Hampton Court Castle – Thursday 27th August 2020

We will keep members informed of any changes to plans.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone on the THEA committee.

We hope that you have enjoyed our events in 2019 and be assured there will be lots to look forward to in 2020.

Our next Study Day will be 21st February 2020 and our speakers will be Nick Hamilton (son of Geoff Hamilton) who will be talking about Barnsdale Gardens and Sue Clarke who will be talking about hardy geraniums.  It should be an interesting and informative day and we hope to see you there.

More details about this and the results of our recent Study Day survey will be published in our Winter Newsletter which will be issued in late January.

Best wishes,

Alison, Debbie, Helen, Julie, Kate, Marion and Paul

The THEA Committee

Garden Visits for 2019

Then there are FOUR visits to book for this year: 

  • An opportunity for THEA members to have early access to Tirley Garth – Sunday, 12th May
  • Visits to two Northwich gardens at Abbeywood and Wood End Cottage – Thursday, 27th June
  • A visit to Ness Gardens on the Wirral – Tuesday, 9th July 
  • Coach Trip south to Highgrove Gardens, the home of Prince Charles – Monday, 12th August

Details of the visits can be found in the Spring 2019 Newsletter and on the web site on the “Garden Visits” page.

Book now – we hope you can join us!